The Challenge of Discovery! Educator Workshops

Audience: All Educators
Registration Deadline: April 1, 2013
Workshop Date: April 6, 2013

You want to go where? What does it take to make a NASA mission happen, and who are the people that drive these tremendous projects?

In Discovery Program's third annual multisite professional development workshop, we delve into the stories behind some amazing NASA missions, from conception to science results. Learn how scientists, engineers and mission operators collaborate to meet the challenges of complex missions to assure the science goals are met. Investigate what it takes to move a fantastic idea from dream to reality.

The Challenge of Discovery workshop will take place on April 6, 2013, in four locations.

• NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
• NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas
• University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz.
• Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Md.

All sites will offer special speakers, hands-on activities for K-12 and out-of-school-time educators and resource packets.

The cost of the workshop is $25. Lunch and snacks will be provided. Registration closes on April 1, 2013.

For more information, visit http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/discovery/challenge_of_discovery.asp . Please email any questions about this opportunity to Mary Cullen at mcullen@mcrel.org.

Webinar
The Challenge of Discovery is offering a webinar option for those who are not able to attend at one of the workshop sites. The webinar will allow interested parties to watch the speaker presentations in real time. This is the only portion of the workshop that will be available by webinar.

Webinar Sign-in Instructions: http://www.nasa.gov/offices/education/programs/national/dln/webcast/webcast.html

Join us on NASA's Digital Learning Network (DLN) for The Challenge of Discovery Webinar on Saturday, April 6, 2013 from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. PT.

Email questions for the speakers by April 1 to wcobb@mcrel.org.

To view the webcast on the day of the event, Saturday, April 6, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/offices/education/programs/national/dln/webcast/webcast.html. If you don't see the webcast, click "DLN Special Events" on the right hand side of the video stream. (you will need a Flash-enabled browser).

The webinar will be recorded. Please email jcounley@mcrel.org for a link to the archived file.